Taylor County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2025
1021 - Local Food Systems | ||
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1021.1) | 0 |
Number of people who attended training on food safety, food handling, food processing, liability, and/or marketing. This includes: PBPT, GAP certification, Farmers Market samples, ….) |
1021.7) | 3 |
Number of vendors approved to redeem alternate payments including WIC and/or Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program, Double Dollar programs, ect. |
1021.8) | 0 |
Number of producers/vendors who increased or maintained sales and/or reduced risk when selling food or food products |
1021.6) | 0 |
Number of people who used Extension resources for marketing, pricing, and/or advertising local foods |
1021.4) | 0 |
Number of producers who obtained value added processing certification (Home Based Microprocessing, Home Based Processing, Better Processing ,Control School, etc.) |
1021.5) | 0 |
Number of people who earned certification to sell or provide samples at farmers market |
1021.3) | 0 |
Number of producers who completed FSMA - Produce Safety Rule or Third-Party GAP Audit |
1021.2) | 0 |
Number of people who completed Extension Food safety (PBPT) |
1021.11) | 0 |
Number of producers /vendors who increased or maintained access of locally produced foods based on sales and/or % of redemption of alternative payment programs |
Success Stories
Farmers' Market Carnival
Author: Kara Back-Campbell
Major Program: Local Food Systems
The Taylor County Farmers' Market experiences lower customer numbers during the fall months. As produce wanes, the horticulture agent created a carnival to attract families to the market. Also, families are targeted to try to increase WIC voucher participation. Children were able to play carnival games, win prizes, and enjoy freshly popped popcorn. There was a total of 111 participants at the market on this day. Other market days where there is not an event averaged 27 customers.&n
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